7 Facts about Baby Boomer Women & Over 40 Female Leaders

The statistics below about women in leadership were surprising. Women, including many wealthy women who’ve earned their money themselves, are now entering politics, becoming university presidents and taking on roles as power brokers.

Women born between 1945 and 1965…

1. …hold nearly half of all executive, managerial, and administrative jobs in the United States (2010)

2. …comprise as much as 40 percent of the field in Ironman Triathlons. Significant numbers of women between the ages of 45 and 49 compete in this grueling event of endurance and strength. (Paul Huddle, Multisports.com, Encinitas, CA.)

Exceptional Women Leaders Define Success

Executive female leaders share themes in the chart below that feature their common strategies in managing work, life and community connection. Positive themes in this chart include being results and other-focused in developing positive change in the business, mentoring and encouraging generative actions by those reporting to them. (2014)

SUCCESSFUL WOMEN OVER 40

both well-known and lesser known include:

Angela Merkel, photo by Philipp – Flickr CC

Angela Merkel, the longest-serving leader in the European Union, (2017)

“…well-known women leaders like Condoleezza Rice, Sheryl Sandberg, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg alongside lesser-known women with powerful stories like Brenda Berkman, the first NYC firefighter, and Kathrine Switzer, the first woman to run the Boston marathon.”